General Information
Capital
Port of Spain
Continent
Americas
Region
Americas
Subregion
Central America & Caribbean
Currency
Trinidad and Tobago dollars (TTD)
Languages
English (official)
Trinidadian Creole English
Tobagonian Creole English
Caribbean Hindustani (a dialect of Hindi)
Trinidadian Creole French
Spanish
Chinese
Timezones
UTC-4
Area
5,128 km²
Map Reference
Caribbean, islands between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Venezuela
Demographics
Population (2023)
1,367,510
Density
266.7 per km²
Urban Population
53.4%
Median Age
38.5 years
Life Expectancy
76.5 years
Major Cities
PORT-OF-SPAIN
Economy
GDP (2024)
$26.4B
GDP Per Capita (2023)
$20,578
Inflation (2024)
0.5%
Unemployment (2024)
4.6%
Public Debt
37.0% of GDP
Exchange Rate (2024)
6.750 to USD
Main Exports
1.
natural gas
2.
alcohols
3.
ammonia
4.
crude petroleum
5.
iron reductions (2023)
Main Imports
1.
railway cargo containers
2.
refined petroleum
3.
cars
4.
iron ore
5.
excavation machinery (2023)
